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Long text messages truncated

I noticed that when someone sends me a text that's longer than roughly 160 characters, I only get the first 160 characters. The rest just never arrive. I'm in Toronto on a Nexus S, using stock messaging app. Anyone see this too?

Well thanks guys for posting. It's good to know it's a known issue (at least among users); I'll try a third-party app and see if that gives me a bit more success. Not going to port over my number just yet.

Just as an epilogue, I spoke to Mobilicity tech about an unrelated issue (resolved) and mentioned this texting problem I was having. The first-level tech was having the same problem with a Windows phone on a different carrier, and the second-level tech was familiar with the problem.

Their theory on the cause is that Blackberry has just changed its data encoding from seven-bit to eight-bit. This is in line with a new standard for smartphones but causes some compatibility issues with certain other devices. This would also explain why the issue is sporadic - it only seems to happen when messages come from certain people.

A suggested fix - although not a convenient one, is to ask the person to change data encoding on their blackberry from eight-bit to seven-bit. Apparently it affects nothing else re: their phone's performance and stability.

I haven't tested any of this yet, but for what it's worth thought I'd share with the group.

I've never had this problem, although I will say that 99-100% of the longer than 160 character messages I've received have come from an Android based handset on Mobilicity, and have been received on my Nexus S being displayed as a single message. The problem others are having may be related to the handset used to send the message, or possibly an issue with the other carriers involved. I'm certainly not sure, but I know it's not a problem that I've encountered using Android to Android on Mobi to Mobi.